The Catholic World.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 32, 10 August 1899, Page 27

The Catholic World.

APBIC A.— The Dominican Nuns in Rhodesia-— Referring to the projeot to provide a home for the Dominican Sisters in Rhodesia, the Matabele Time* says : ♦ If it bad not been for these good Sisters, many of us who are well to-day would have been buried long ago in Salisbury and Victoria. Neither of these places in particularly healthy, but in bad fev«r years the hospitals were always filled to overflowing. Supplies and medical comforts were dcaroe and frequently failed altogether. This was no fault of the British South Africa Company. They did all they could to keep the hospitals supplied, but everything had then to be brought up by bullock-waggon by road from Tuli. The Sisters had to do the best they could with what they had on hand. No trouble on behalf of their patients was too much for them. They were always at their posts, day and night, doing their best to alleviate the sufferings of those under their charge. It did not matter to them if a man were of a different faith or denomination to themselves, or whether he wag white or black. We were all treated with the same great devotion kindness, and care.

EGYPT.- A Mission to British Soldiers —The Rev. Basil Conway, 0.F.M., Cairo, gave a very successful mission to the Royal Irish Fusiliers at Alexandria recently. Being an almost exclusively Catholic regiment the men attended in large numbers both at holy Mass and also at the evening services. The chapel at Muutapha was packed every evening, and this was most consoling seeing that a large detachment was stationed at Khartoum. Through the great kindness of the commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Carleton, the men were exempted from parade in tho mornings in order to hear holy Mass. It was a grand sight to see almost every man who attended Mass on Whit Sunday approach Holy Communion. In the evening 40 of the men were enrolled in the brown scapular.

ENGLAND.— New Catholic Schools at Arundel— The new Catholic schools at Arundel, which have been built during the last few monthß at an expense of between £6,000 and £ 7,000 (borne by his Grace the Duke of Norfolk), were opened to the children

recently. Father Mac Call blessed the buildingß in the presence of the Duke and other leading Catholics, A Generous Benefactreßß.--Many will remember (says the Weekly Pegistcr) the generosity of the late Mr. Spode, in giving to the Dominican Fathers in England the reversion of his estate near Rugeley. His niece and immediate hieresn, Miss Gulson, more than carried out her uncle's wishes by at once conferring the property upon the Order instead of leaving it by will. Three years ago, on June 12, 1896, the foundation stone of a priory church was laid by the Bishop of Birmingham. This church it* the gift of same benefactress, who has now built half the adjoining priory, and thus earned the undying gratitude of the English Dominicao*. The church has risen apaoe, and the Bishop wan able to oonneorate it on the third anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone. Death of Canon Graham.—The death is reported of Canon Graham, principal of St. Mary's Training College for Sohoolmastere, Hammersmith, at the age of sixty-seven, after a long and painful attack of influenza. He was born of Irish Catholio parent* in Ayrshire, in 1832. He had been connected with the institution in Brook Green for forty-six yean, having at first gone there when it was a scholastic community founded by the late Cardinal Wiseman, for the purpose of taking charge at the Loudon Catholio Elementary Schools. The venture, however, was not successful, and the present college took its place. Canon Graham was ordained in 1860, and served as vice-pnncipal of the College under Father Glenie, the first principal, and his euocessor, Father Rowe on hit retirement in 1868. He graduated as B.A. at the University of London in 1872 and was a Doctor of Divinity. Silver Jubilee of the Bishop of Nottingham.— The people of Nottingham have started a movement to celebrate the silver jubilee of the consecration of their Bishop, the Right Rev* Dr. Edward Gilpin Bagshawe. Born in London in 1829, he waft educated at Oscott, and took the B.A. degree of the University of London with honours. In 1849 he was received as a novice into the Oratory, then located at King William street, Strand, in the building that afterwards became Toole's theatre. In March, 1852, when the Oratory had been removed to Brompton, he was ordained

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priest. On November 12, 15 74, he was consecrated Bishop of Nottingham by Cardinal Manning.

SCOTLAND— Death of a Sister of Mercy.— With the death of Mother Mary Vincent, which sad event took place at the Convent of Mercy, Lawside, on Friday evening, June 2, there was severed, as far as Catholicity in Dundee is concerned, one of the links which binds the present generation with that of the past. When in 1859 she, together with fonr other companions, long since passed to their reward, left her native Ireland to take up her abode in a dingy dwelling in tho west end of Dundee, Catholicism in the city was not then the thing of power and of prestige it isafc present Bigotry and intolerance were rife, and Catholics, though somewhat better off than at the earlier stage of the century, were frequently the butts for ridicule and derision from their Protestant neighbours. Those were the days of physical displays and religious intolerance. Happily we now live in better times. The The deceased Sister was a native of Derry, being known in the world as Miss Dooherty. Forty-nine yoara ago she rnterM tho Order in Dublin, where she remained till her arrival in Dundee.

Procession of the Blessed Sacrament in Edinburgh.— The first public procession of the Blessed Sacrament in Edinburgh since the Reformation took place on Sunday, Juno 11, at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Edinburgh, where the Archbishop officiated morning and evening. All the sodalities wer« represented, and carried their banners. The children were all in white, with wreaths of crimson or pale blue, while the younger women wore wreaths and veils of white. The smallest of the little ones were flowerstrewers. The procession did not venture beyond Lauriston street, in which the church is situated, but during the three hundred or four hundred yards of its journey, it was watched by about three thousand spectators. The Archbishop was assisted by Father Whyte, S.J., and Father Lomax, SJ, Father Bader, S.J., rector, being master of ceremonies. The preacher was Father Michael Power, S.J., who spoke eloquently for an hour from the text • • And seeing a great multitude. He was moved with compassion. An interested spectator was Mr. Charles J. Guthrie, Q.C., Procurator of the Free Church of Scotland, and an authority on the times of .John Knox.

UNITED STATES.— The Archdiocese of Oregon.— The Archdiocese of Oregon, to which the Right Rev. Alexander Cbii-tie has been appointed, was created an archdiocese in 18">0. It comprises the entire State of Oregon. The former Archbishops of the Bee were: The Mo*t Rev. Francis N. Blanchet. D.D . lS5n-l^o . the Most Rev. Charles J. Seghers, 13S0-l^l : the Most Rev. William H. Gross, I<^Bs-18 ( .»8. The archdiocese, according to the last Catholv Directory, has eighty churches and chapels, two seminaries, two colleges 'for boys, twelve academies for girls, twenty-three parish schools, two orphan asylums, and eight charitable institutions. The Catholic population of the archdiocese is 35,000. Dr. Christie is a zealous friend of Catholic education. He established one of the first kindergartens in the Far West, and gave np his own hou^o to the brother who came to teach his school.

A Convention of German Catholics.— The convention of German Catholics, which met recently at Freeport. comprised IS2 societies, representing 30,000 Germans in the State of Illinois The Central Society was established to protect the rights of German Catholics in Illinois. Legislation aimed at parochial and private schools was condemned.